United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 1st New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment lost 4 officers and 56 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 89 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| Organized at Geneva, N.Y. under Colonel Robert F. Taylor | |
| July 31 | Company A mustered in for three years service and moved to Washington, D.C. for duty in the defenses of Washington. Attached to Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington. |
| September 8 | Company B mustered in and moved to Washington, D.C. |
| October 10 | Companies C – K mustered in at Elmira, N.Y. and moved to Washington, D.C. |
| November 7 | Company L mustered in and moved to Washington, D.C. |
| November 19 | Company M mustered in and moved to Washington, D.C. |
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1864
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| February | Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Army of West Virginia |
| February 20 |
Action near Upperville, Va.The regiment lost 1 officer and 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 enlisted men wounded, and 6 men missing or captured. |
| March 6 |
SnickersvilleThe regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 18 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 16 men missing or captured. |
| March 10 |
KablestownThe regiment lost 1 officer and 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 12 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 16 men missing or captured. |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| April 30-May 16 | Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market |
| May 10 |
Near Paris and SalemThe regiment lost 1 man killed and 1 man missing or captured |
| May 13 | Mt. Jackson |
| May 15 |
New MarketThe regiment lost 11 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 24 enlisted men wounded, and 29 men missing or captured. |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid on Lynchburg |
| May 28 |
WoodstockThe regiment lost 5 men missing or captured |
| May 29-30 |
NewtownThe regiment lost 1 officer killed and 2 men missing or captured |
| May 31 |
WoodstockThe regiment lost 2 men missing or captured |
| June 1 |
New MarketThe regiment lost 11 men missing or captured |
| June 3-4 | Harrisonburg |
| June 5 |
PiedmontThe regiment lost 12 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 9 enlisted men wounded, and 19 men missing or captured. |
| June 6 | Occupation of Staunton |
| June 10 | WaynesboroThe regiment lost 1 officer killed, 1 officer and 1 enlisted men wounded, and 4 men missing or captured. |
| June 11 | Cheat Mountain The regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded and 1 man missing or captured |
| June 13 | Lexington |
| June 14 | Buchanan |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill The regiment lost 1 man missing or captured |
| June 17-18 |
LynchburgThe regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 6 enlisted men wounded. |
| June 19 | Liberty |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains and Salem |
| June 25 | White Sulphur Springs |
| June 28 and July 2 |
Bunker HillThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded, and 1 man missing or captured. |
| July | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| July 2 |
Near MartinsburgThe regiment lost 2 men missing or captured. |
| July 3 |
Leetown and MartinsburgThe regiment lost 3 men wounded, and 16 men missing or captured. |
| July 4 |
Sharpsburg, Md.The regiment lost 1 man wounded, and 1 man missing or captured. |
| July 6 |
Sandy HookThe regiment lost 1 man wounded, and 1 man missing or captured. |
| July 15-16 | Near Hillsboro |
| July 17-18 | Snicker’s Ferry |
| July 19 | Ashby’s Gap and Berry’s Ford |
| July 22 |
CharlestownThe regiment lost 1 man wounded. |
| July 23 | Near Kernstown |
| July 24 | Kernstown, Winchester |
| July 25 |
Bunker Hill and MartinsburgThe regiment lost 1 officer and 3 men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 6 mn wounded and 3 men missing or captured. |
| August 3 |
Duffield StationThe regiment lost 1 man killed and 1 man missing or captured. |
| August 12 |
Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 2 men missing or captured. |
| August 16 |
BerryvilleThe regiment lost 2 men missing or captured. |
| August 21-22 |
Near CharlestownThe regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded, and 1 man wounded. |
| August 24 | Falling Waters |
| August | Duty at Remount Camp, Cumberland, Md. |
| October | Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, District of the Kanawha, Dept. of West Virginia |
| October 7 | Company M was consolidated with Company A and a new Company M mustered in for one year service at Elmira. |
| November 5-12 | Operations in Kanawha Valley against Witcher |
| November 12 | Newtown and Nineveh |
| November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson |
| Secember-July | Duty in District of the Kanawha and in the Shenandoah Valley |
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1865
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| March | Attached to Cavalry, Dept. of West Virginia |
| July 20 | Mustered out and honorably discharged from service under Colonel John S. Platner at Camp Piatt, West Virginia. |